Dr. Bernard Jasmin, vice-dean research at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, and his French colleague, Professor Laurent Schaeffer of the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, are launching a joint international neuromuscular research partnership, thanks to an agreement signed this week.

In the usual order: Dr. Bernard Jasmin, vice-dean research at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa President Jacques Frémont and their French colleagues, Professor Frédéric Fleury, president of Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and vice-president of the Université de Lyon and Professor Laurent Schaeffer of the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Brigitte Proucelle, Cultural and Scientifc counsellor, French embassy, University of Ottawa VP Research Mona Nemer and Kareen Rispal, French ambassador to Canada.
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